Logging Off

by Nick Spalding

‘Good grief, it’s fine!’ I tell her. ‘There’s nothing wrong with them. They’re here to help us!’ She shakes her head vociferously. ‘No! They’re part of the organisation! The deep state! They’re part of the machine!’ ‘The same machine that faked the moon landings?’ ‘Yes!’ ‘Bloody hell. Where do you get all this nonsense from?’ ‘YouTube!’ ‘Oh, of bloody course, YouTube.’ ‘Yes! Yes! The truth is all there . . . all you have to do is go and look for it!’ Poor old Henrietta is raving now. But that might be because all the blood has gone to her head, since she’s stuck fast in a toilet window. ‘Look for it, eh?’ I respond, half-heartedly. ‘Yes! You don’t have to be a sheep, Andy! You just have to have your eyes opened to the way the world really is!’ ‘By going on YouTube?’ ‘Yes!’